It’s been the same routine for Lafayette. Week after week, the Commodores’ defense spends a majority of the game’s 48 minutes on the field keeping the opposing offense in check while the offense provides little relief. Lafayette has spent more time trying to get out of its own way than it has in the end zone. (September 11, 2014, Page 8)

WATER VALLEY – Lafayette’s volleyball team picked up the pace against Water Valley. It helped the Commodores pick up another region victory Tuesday night. Lafayette (11-7, 3-1 in Class I, Region 2) finished off a season sweep of the Blue Devils with a 3-0 win (25-12, 25-13, 25-9) at the WVHS multipurpose building. (September 10, 2014, Page 6)

BLOG — Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze held his weekly press conference inside the Manning Center on Monday and hit on a number of topics as the 14th-ranked Rebels (2-0, 1-0 SEC) get prepared for their home opener this weekend against Louisiana-Lafayette. (more…)(September 8, 2014)

Oxford and Lafayette each had three opponents to worry about before worrying about each other. But all of that is out of the way now. The teams will renew their rivalry in the annual Crosstown Classic on Friday at Bobby Holcomb Field. Both squads picked up wins last week, and it didn’t take long after those victories for the attention to turn to one another. (September 8, 2014, Page 6)

CLEVELAND— Oxford coach Johnny Hill hardly recognized his team the first two weeks of the season. What the Chargers are capable of when they put it all together started coming back to him Friday night. (September 7, 2014, Page 4B)

CLEVELAND — Jack Abraham threw for three touchdowns, Kenzie Phillips rushed for three more, and Oxford returned to the win column in convincing fashion with a 50-15 victory over Cleveland East Side on Friday night. (more…)(September 5, 2014)

Ole Miss has seen the film. It’s not changing the Rebels’ collective opinion of their opponent this week. No. 15 Ole Miss (1-0) will travel to Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday to open Southeastern Conference play against Vanderbilt (0-1). The teams began their respective seasons in drastically different fashions. (September 5, 2014, Page 6)